Attention, retention, reproduction, motivation, mirror cells and Bandura

What this note covers

1. Observational learning does not require direct reinforcement
2. Attention selects what is available to learn
3. Retention represents the observed action
4. Reproduction requires physical and cognitive capacity
5. Motivation determines whether learning is performed
6. Bandura’s Bobo work used observable behavioural counts
7. Mirror-cell evidence supplies a possible neural contribution
8. Learner differences and ethics shape application

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